Gonna order, have some questions!

After waiting like 5 months, I am finally gonna order! Anyhow below are the configs I picked for my system, but I have two questions. Should I get the 3720Qm instead of the 3610Qm, I heard something about it missing vd-t, is that worth the upgrade? Second question, I am still unsure about the GPU, gtx 675 or 7970?

Thanks!



- 15.6" FHD 16:9 "Matte Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Anti-Glare Screen w/ 95% NTSC Color Gamut (1920x1080) (SKU - S1R303)
- Standard Dead Pixel Policy
- Sager - 3rd Generation Intel® Ivy Bridge Core™ i7-3610QM (2.3GHz - 3.3GHz, 6MB Intel® Smart Cache, 45W Max TDP) (SKU – S2R174)
- -Stock OEM Thermal Compound
- AMD Radeon HD 7970M (2048MB) GDDR5 DX11 [User Upgradeable] (ETA: Late May) (SKU - S3R155)
- No Video Adapter
- 8GB - DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 SODIMMS) - SPECIAL! (SKU - S4P369)
- Sager Branding
- Standard Finish
- 500gb 7200rpm (Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache) - Default (SKU - S5R207)
- Combo Dual Layer SuperMulti DVDRW/CDRW Drive w/ Software (When selecting a Hard Drive in the Optical Bay, No Optical Drive is Included) (SKU - S7R455)
- Internal 9-in-1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD/Mini SD/SDHC/SDXC/MS/MS Pro/MS Duo)
- Bluetooth Included (See “Wireless Network” Section Below)
- Sager - Bigfoot Networks Killer™ Wireless-N 1103 (3x3) (SKU - S8R056)
- Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
- Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included
- Basic Black Business Case - Included
- Smart Li-ion Battery (8-Cell)
- Integrated Fingerprint Reader
- LIFETIME Ltd Labor* 1 Year Parts Warranty Lifetime -24/7 DOMESTIC Based- Toll Free Telephone Tech Support
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The 3610QM is fine unless you're going to be doing heavy OS virtualization, VT-d is hardware virtualization.

And the 7970M has immense performance improvements (according the the benchmarks I've been going through), but you'll have to wait a whole month before it arrives. The GTX 675M is based on an old 40nm processor, so buy it only if you're in a big hurry.

 

ok thanks, not doing are programing or nothing so I guess 3610 is good enough. But how much improvent does the 7970 give over gtx675? is it like just 5-10 fps or more like 15-30 fps?

Thanks

 

they said the 7970 is twice performance than the 675 in some situation..

 

If you don't know what VT-d is, you don't need it.

Performance increases are not measured in FPS, they're measured in % points. 7970m is ~40-60% (last I heard) better than 675m. So 40% more FPS if you get it. Also, who are you buying from?

 

wow 40-60%?! Thanks for the info! Any how not 100% sure yet...xoticpc?

 

In the US your options are Xotic, LPC-digital, Powernotebooks, Malibal, and Mythlogic. I'd recommend checking each of them out, the one that stands out from the crowd the most is Mythlogic because they build the system from a shell and have very different pricing, as well as many more customizations.

 

Thanks, I will take a look